Improving the efficiency of a vacuum system does not just rely on choosing the right vacuum pump. Much of the long-term ...

DARPA-funded researchers recently demonstrated the world’s smallest vacuum pumps. This breakthrough technology may create new national security applications for electronics and sensors that require a ...

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Equipment Management [VIDEO] Caterpillar Demonstrates Best Practice Using a Vacuum Pump for Oil Samples Video shows the step-by-step best practices for drawing a used-oil sample with a vacuum pump ...

In vacuum hold-down applications, suction is created by using vacuum to move air in the opposite direction of the component being held in place. When air is removed beneath the part or component, the ...

Improvements: diagram of the 3D-printed peristaltic vacuum pump showing the pair of notches and a close-up of one of the rollers. (Courtesy: Luis Fernando Velásquez-García et al) A tiny 3D-printed ...

Have you heard of the Sprengel pump? It’s how they drew hard vacuum back before mechanical pumps were perfected — the first light bulbs had their vacuums drawn with Sprengel pumps, for example. It ...